Song lyrics Take me as I am by Mary J. Blige

[Verse 1:]
She´s been down and out
She´s been wrote about
She´s been talked about, constantly
She´s been up and down
She´s been pushed around
But they held her down, NYC
She has no regrets
She accepts the past
All these things they
helped make to make she
She´s been lost and found
And she´s still around
There´s a reason for everything

You know I´ve been holdin on.
Try to make me weak,
But I still stay strong.
Put my life all up in these songs
Jus so you can feel me.
so you can get the real me

[Chorus:]
So take me as I am,
or have nothing at all.
Just take me as I am,
or have nothing at all.

[Verse 2:]
Now she´s older now
Yes, she´s wiser now
Can´t disguise her now
She don´t need
No one tellin her
What to do and say
No one tellin her
Who to be
She´s on solid ground
She´s been lost and found
Now, she answers to G-O-D
And she´s confident
This is not the end
Ask me how I know
Cause she is me.

You know I´ve been holdin on.
Try to make me weak,
But I still stay strong.
Put my life all up in these songs
Jus so you can feel me.
so you can get the real me

[Chorus:]
So take me as I am,
or have nothing at all.
Just take me as I am,
or have nothing at all.

[Bridge: 2x]
So it´s all or nothing at all,
All or nothing at all
Don´t you know I can only be me.
(I can only be me, yeah)

[Chorus:]
So take me as I am,
or have nothing at all.
Just take me as I am,
or have nothing at all.

Take me as I am.
Take me as I am.
Said it´s all or nothing at all
Said it´s all or nothing at all

Just take me as I am,
or have nothing at all. (This is me)
Just take me as I am, (take me as i am)
or have nothing at all.
Just take me as I am, (take me as i am)
or have nothing, nothing at all.
Take me as I am.